Background
Articulation
Phonology
Assessment
Treatment
100

What is a phoneme?

Smallest unit of sound that can affect meaning

100

What is one characteristic of a consonant?

Voiced/voiceless, restriction of air, uses articulators

100

True or False: It is not important to know when a phonological process needs to be extinguished.

False.

100

What's one cause of an articulation disorder?

Dental issues, cleft lip/palate, developmental, apraxia, dysarthria, hearing loss

100
What is the first step of treatment before production training?

Auditory discrimination

200

Phonetic sounds, not English letters, are denoted by what type of markers?

Slashes -- /s/
200

What is one characteristic of a vowel?

Open sounds, voiced, minimal articulator use
200

How does a phonological disorder differ from an articulation disorder?

Phonological disorders are patterned errors across words.

200

How is a screening different from an assessment?

Screenings are pass/fail, not standardized scoring.
200

What type of treatment uses words that differ by one sound?

Minimal pairs

300

Why are developmental milestones important?

Assist with knowing where they are developmentally compared to their peers of the same age and gender
300

What are the three ways that consonants differ?

Place, Manner, Voicing
300

What's the percentage of phonological errors that must be present for a phonological process to be active?

40%

300

What are 3 articulators you would assess during an oral mech exam?

Teeth, jaw, face, tongue, palate

300

What is one type of production training?

Vertical, horizontal, cycles

400

How many phonemic sounds are there in English?

46

400

What are the four types of articulation disorders?

Omission, substitution, addition, distortion

400

True or False: A child can have both articulation errors and a phonological process.

True

400

Name one assessment for articulation or phonology.

Goldman Fristoe, Arizona, Comprehensive Assessment of Articulation and Phonology

400

What is the hierarchy of production training?

Sounds, words, phrases, sentences, conversation

500

What setting(s) might you treat articulation or phonology?

Schools, EI, outpatient

500

True or False: You should treat earlier developing sounds before later developing sounds.

True
500

What is an example of a phonological process?

Final consonant deletion

500

What is the speech banana?

The part of an audiogram where most speech sounds are detected

500

What are 2-3 cues you could use with a client with an articulation or phonology disorder?

Verbal, visual, tactile, models

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